The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-06
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0ueer Sayings and Deiurs 81 the Frugal
Pennsyivanie nutoh.

oueer Sayings s.d De,uss 81 ths Frugal
Rennsyivasis Dutoh-
"Te bodatiss iss ALL"
The remark was made BY o rosy -cheeked,
black-eyed dininR-room girl In . most excel
lent Pennsylvania Dutch Inn. In email Lam
caster county village. had asked for another
baked potato.
"Ter all" said the dining-room girl. with .
smile and shake her head.
"All 2" said /. All what2
AL" replied the girl, impatiently, and with
Q suspicion Of contempt In her tone. "Te
bodatiss iss ALL"
A native with the whiskers OF o patriarch. II
It was the habit OF the patriarchs to anoint
Ihe. aSS Chicken afavy e
she h, meanss ter haindt no more 'it' airott'
And thus learned that the Pennsylvania
Dutch never say that. anything 70 /" gone" II
thS bar runs out Of beer, the beer Is ALL
Er asp ,ne Bas ahsr FARE one shi%Rp
hearty Dutch citizens should ever ask for pie,
was NO pie, The relations between him and his
host would at once become strained. But tho
q 81 pc
Dutch inn the waiter doesn't disturb your
places It before you. Not only pie. but whole
e and ~, G %b wG a 81 a SS HS
tnocked mo out By telling me that the potatoes
THERE @a me ehssss
custard. cranberry tart, sweet potato GUS
tsd ,Sa and snz e NJ matter hoE
psctsd to help himself To- saeh one az his In
about Pennsylvania Dutch pies is the crust
Snltz is dried apples. Snitz means the cut;
iIg Of apss into small for md
Dutch boys and girls. A favorite Wand in the
rural districts OF lancaster county is snitz and
and dSmpiiass. ali boiled tosether This for a
supper might not at first thought strike u veg:
5aa s m the thing to e S dS Rsa with
the drowsy god. but it isn't so much Of an
sidsr and a6etter Of nightmare r. I, looks
to D ea sspsciay Hh Rs r P With ina
glass or two Of last years cider. The Penn
IS one sss hat he a.
waye laughs at. The Lancaster county payers
print It once every year as sort OF premium
A teacher was giving q class Of youngsters an
object lesson In mathematics. She held up
sHp esa sod s ea TR n two oI p eSs
ct. 81 tss Halves what what Viii liz; maker
"Snitzr exclaimed the class, and standard
and historic Joke was born.
Ply kroosht Is Pennsylvania Dutch for pie
crust. and II you ask your girl In that vernacu-
lar Il she VII take buggy ride you gently
Schmierkase has all seasons for it's own
among the PennsyIynnia Dutch farmers. bu..
lodwaerrlck get their work in. In the fall. too.
siSdly md cute It. Lodwserrick IS apples
and cider boiled together until there is no
more cider left and the apples have become
ssavpery pulp the color Of q mahogany bureau:
Is good. There Is in existence in o truthful
family Of Lancaster county a sealed jar OF
apple butter which was put down before the
Revolutionary war: They are Keeping It until
eighteenth century buckwheat cakes. Then
Every weli-regnlated Pennsylvania Dutch
farmer kills at least two fa' pigs every fill.
nIssighbors Join In and help. Wien the hogs arc
laid aside for those who helped in the butcher
ing, and for gifts to poor widows N the neigh;
hand, and is called the metzelspp. The farmer
who forgets tho metzelsup - 10 ked upon as
one for whom perdition surely yawns.